Studying of the relationship between the problem solving skills of nurses and their assertiveness

Research is scheduled as a cross-sectional analytical in order to study the relationship between the nurses problem solving skills with their assertiveness. Research universe constitutes 300 nurses who have worked in Muğla, Muğla University training and research hospital since 2011 and the calendar for the duration of the study. The research data was collected with the personal information form containing identifying features, Rathus Assertiveness inventory and Revised Social problem-solving inventory. In evaluating of the data, descriptive statistics, percentage, Kruskal Wallis, two independent sample T-test, one-way analysis of variance, Mann-Whitney-U, Correlation analysis, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Levene test were used. It is observed that singles, non-child people , having lived in the city for a long period have higher levels of assertiveness. The rational problem-solving style points of nurses over the age of 40, higher than the others, the average points of negative problem tendency and impulsive-inattentive problem solving style of service nurses were higher, but the SPSI-R scores of the total administrative nurses were higher. Still, it has been observed that the negative problem tendency of the administration nurses is less thanpolyclinic and clinical nurses, but the polyclinic nurses? negative problem tendency is higher. It has been found Staff Nurses ' positive problem orientation, rational problem-solving style, SPSI-R total score and average points of assertiveness were higher; but the negative problem tendency, avoiding problem-solving style and impulsive, reckless problem-solving style average points were lower; but the avoiding problem-solving style scores of non-resident nurses were higher, the level of assertiveness were lower. The total average score of SPSI-R of the nurses whose mother was non-literate has been found higher, but the negative problem tendency has been found lower. It has been found that the RAE score of nurses was (21.90 22,95 ), but the total average score of SPSI-R was (13.76 2,44), and problem-solving skills of nurses and their assertiveness which has been found to be above average. It has been found the averages problem solving points were statistically meaningful than assertiveness, the relation between all the scales which related to the assertiveness and the problem solving was meaningful; however, the most powerful relationship was between the total SPSI-R and the assertiveness. But it has been found nurses GGSSÇE and the factors associated with low scales with assertiveness were; mother's education, worked on the task, working unit, as a living place for a long time, and number of children. According to these results, some suggestions have been made thinking the development of assertiveness and problem solving together will affect both the development of skills with a positive, too. Keywords: Assertiveness, Nursing, Problem solving